Voice note: four minutes long. Could've been 'yes'.

That one friend who replies to a message from three days ago like it's breaking news.

The group chat is quiet. Suspiciously quiet. Someone's planning something.

Me: 'what time works?' Group chat: forty reactions, zero answers.

Sending a voice memo is the new 'we need to talk'.

Muted the group chat. Peace lasted one notification.

Left the group chat on mute for one hour. Came back to 312 messages and a new nickname.